New for Us
In all of ours trip here to Venice, we had never taken the tour of the Jewish Ghetto. The first one of the day is at 10:30, so we decided to try to make it and if we didn’t we’d … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Italy 2016
Boo!
We decided to try out the new Bio place (organic) for coffee. We sat outside for a while but I was too chilly, so we moved inside. Nice place. The food looks good. I bought a bit of simply cooked … Continue reading →
37 Years!
Sunday, our 37th anniversary, and we had no plans for the day. So we decided to just take a long walk. It was the end of day light savings time here (yay! an extra hour in Venice!) so we got … Continue reading →
Staying in the Nieghborhood
The morning was dedicated to hanging out for the last hours and final laughs with Brenda and Linda. With Elisa, our landlady, we walked them downstairs and waited for the water taxi. Lots of hugs and they were gone to … Continue reading →
Revisit and New Visit
We had so many things on the list for Brenda and Linda to see that paring it down was really tough. Final decision was to go to the Frari church first off with a stop at the Rialto market. It … Continue reading →
New and Old
We woke up to sunshine! The lagoon view from our windows was sparkling and we were ready to go go go. We started with a nice long walk through the Castello neighborhoods to the Giardini and the Biennale of Architecture. … Continue reading →
Murano
I had been emailing back and forth with Andrea D’Alpaos, Murano tour guide extraordinaire, trying to set up something for Brenda and Linda with him. We finally got it. He met us right on the fondamenta and after the initial … Continue reading →
Re: Casanova
For the morning we had booked the well known “Secret Itineraries” tour at the Doge’s Palace, for Brenda, Linda and Ken and me. I had actually taken this tour in 2005 with Kathryn and our friends, Kris and Katie. I … Continue reading →
I <3 Venezia
Even in the most-of-the-day drizzle, I am so glad to be here. I have no idea what it is. The sun hasn’t come out yet since we arrived; it’s chilly and damp. We have been nowhere spectacular except the Rialto … Continue reading →
Drive day
Our last morning at Corte Gondina–had breakfast, paid the bill and loaded the car. In the rain. Not a pouring rain but a steady drizzle that made us all grateful for the decent weather we had for our four days … Continue reading →